The Vineyard Kitchen

Lovely lush setting along a little creek for this restaurant and cellar door. Wines are made by Myatts Field Vineyards (partly of grapes grown on the premises). This really is a charming place and quite popular too; bookings for lunch are definitely recommended.
Although we enjoyed the wine tasting (great host, especially) and the wonderful surrounds, the lunch was just ok. The menu looks quite inspired. The risotto had great crab but wasn’t
.zing. The duck leg & pork cutlet dishes didn’t have too much going for it either in our opinion. Luckily, both deserts we tried (honey comb w goat curd & peanut butter chocolate w ice cream) were very nice.
Nevertheless, this *is* a good place to get away from the city. Very calming, green, and pretty.
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Amazing menu!
We were even fighting over the kids toasties. The wine tasting list is the first where I have enjoyed every item. Food recommendations include the shark bay crab risotto, twice cooked duck and pork cutlet.
Beautiful location in the hills.

Very good Chardonnay great beef cheeks but risotto with confi duck needs more seasoning. A good stop to check out.

One of the great joys of being on mailing lists is the opportunity that a random emailed event can present. In this case, an invite to taste and buy rare wine.
Some time ago the Über Blonde and I travelled to a previously unheard of, by us anyway, winery in the Lesmurdie hills — Myattsfield. Yep me too!
Anyway so it’s the Labour Day longie Sunday when we head up to try this wine and chat with the lovely wine makers. Its beautiful stuff and well worth the drive so we load a few in the vehicle and head off for lunch. The Blonde had booked us a table at The Vineyard Kitchen nearby in Bickley.
It’s a pleasant time of year to be tooling around the hills, stunning scenery and minimal traffic.
Arriving at the Vineyard Kitchen is akin to driving down an English country lane — skinny, tree shrouded dirt driveway that takes you past the outdoor dining area — very Woodburn Grange indeed.
The lower dining terrace is tucked against a sadly dry brook but is actually quite beautiful and (cough) very romantic. Dirt under foot and cutesy table dressing add to the whole 18^th century country lane theme.
It took a while to get any paperwork as they were mildly busy but the menu was worth the wait, well page one anyway.
A refreshing mix from all parts of the palate — seafood, poultry and red meat including some GF touches.
We chose the Risotto with Shark Bay Crab $ 29, the Seared Scallops $ 14 and a garden salad $ 9.
Now page two on the menu is the killer. Only house wines and only by the bottle. No BYO. Yep peeps no glasses of wine here.
No wait you can have wine by the glass if you are a channel seven news reader here with his mum. Nice. But for the rest of us non-​famous peeps its bottle only.
And let me tell you that when the Blonde takes one sip of the Classic White and pushes the glass away you know lunch is in the balance. Easily the worst wine we have ever had on the planet. Sour, tasteless and over priced at $ 25.
It was not all a fail though. The perfectly presented scallops were fantastic and the risotto was absolutely to die for and very well priced for the serving sizes. The salad was big with a dressing punching above its weight and delicious.
So if you can endure lunch without a decent wine, take the time to go, otherwise there are plenty of alternatives nearby.